CASTLE OF GRANSON ENGRAVING. SWITZERLAND

Description:
Technique: Etching on steel
Edition: Unknown.
Print run: Unknown
Period: First half of the 19th century.
Sizes: Paper: 20.9 x 12.8 cm
(H x W) Image: 14.4 x 9 cm.
Description:
- Engraving of Oranson Castle, in Switzerland A Swiss castle of medieval origin, it was an important defensive building from the Bronze Age, which was later fortified by the Romans. It is catalogued as a historical monument of Switzerland.
- All titles and signatures are outside the plate. The Draughtsman is unknown.
- In the upper margin it has the legend 'Switzerland - Suisse'.
- In the lower margin it has the legend 'Chateau de Granson - Castle of Granson'.
- In the upper right-hand corner it is printed with the number '46', which suggests that the engraving is the number 46 of a series.
- In the lower right-hand corner, the Engraver signs only as Rouargue, so it belongs to one of the two Rouargue brothers. In our opinion, the author of the engraving plate is most probably Adolphe Rouargue (1810 - 1870)
- Etching on steel plate, although a different technique could have been used.
- Made in black monochrome tone, very good ink
- It is probably an engraving belonging to a book.

Conservation and damage:
- General condition: Good.
- The upper side of the paper does not maintain the parallel to its opposite side, resulting in the paper of the Engraving having an irregular shape.
- The Engraving has a paper of fine thickness and regular quality.
- It is very well inked, and has a good printing.
- The upper margin is thin and irregular and the lower margin is thin. The side margins are wide.
- The Engraving has suffered from humidity, so the paper has damp spots and rust spots, all of which are more pronounced as we get closer to the edges.
- The Engraving is dirty, with the edges rather dirtier, with very small tears, and the ends slightly deteriorated with slight folds.
- If you apply a light wash and bleaching, the result would be very good.

Comments:
- The measurements are approximate.

- Ideal as a collector's item and a decorative element.

- The fact that the engraving has a distinctive mark or contrast is of great importance in order to identify data such as the engraver, the artist, the place where it was printed and other details.

- Because it is inevitable that there will be differences in tones between photos and reality, you should bear in mind that the tones of the colours in the photos are not exactly the same as the tones of the real colours.

- The Engraving on sale is the one that corresponds to the photos, which in turn are complemented in this Description, with the aim of providing a better knowledge of the Object, and never being a detailed exhibition of it.

- The data provided here are not contrasted personal opinions.

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